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The Effects of a Disaster Preparedness app on Community Knowledge and Intentional Behavior in Hurricane Risk Areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

Susmini Susmini ,
Jhon Feri ,
Sapondra Wijaya Open the ORCID record for Sapondra Wijaya [Opens in a new window] ,
Wahyu Dwi Ari Wibowo Open the ORCID record for Wahyu Dwi Ari Wibowo [Opens in a new window] ,
Hidayat Arifin Open the ORCID record for Hidayat Arifin [Opens in a new window]  and
Bih-O Lee Open the ORCID record for Bih-O Lee [Opens in a new window]
Susmini Susmini
Affiliation:
Diploma Nursing Program, Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Palembang, Palembang, Indonesia
Jhon Feri
Affiliation:
Diploma Nursing Program, Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Palembang, Palembang, Indonesia
Sapondra Wijaya*
Affiliation:
Diploma Nursing Program, Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Palembang, Palembang, Indonesia
Wahyu Dwi Ari Wibowo
Affiliation:
Diploma Nursing Program, Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Palembang, Palembang, Indonesia
Hidayat Arifin
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
Bih-O Lee
Affiliation:
College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
*
Corresponding author: Sapondra Wijaya, Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Objective:

With the advancement of technology, disaster preparedness related to hurricane hazards can be taught through an app. This study aimed to examine the effect of using an android-based disaster preparedness app on community knowledge and intentional behavior in hurricane risk areas.

Methods:

A quasi-experimental study was conducted from October to November, 2020 and a total of 80 respondents were recruited using cluster sampling. The treatment group was given the intervention in the form of the disaster preparedness app for 2 weeks. Meanwhile, the control group received home visits and conventional education about hurricane disasters twice throughout the same period. We then used a Wilcoxon Signed Rank test to analyze the pre-test and post-test and a Mann-Whitney U test to compare between treatment and control groups.

Results:

After the implementation of the SiBen app, we found a statistically significant difference in knowledge between treatment and control groups (P < 0.003) and intentional behavior between treatment and control groups (P < 0.001).

Conclusion:

The findings indicate that the disaster preparedness app was an effective educational program able to improve the knowledge and intentional behavior among community members in a hurricane risk area.

Keywords

disasterhurricaneknowledgebehaviorpreparedness
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e137
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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